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Above the Trenches by
Christopher Shores, Norman Franks and Russell Guest
A complete record of the fighter aces and units of the British
Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. A unique compilation. The most complete and
detailed information ever published on the subject - with exhaustive
coverage of British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African and
American fighter aces of World War 1.
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World War I Day by Day
by Ian Westwell
The outbreak of World War I in August 1914 was seen by many European
leaders as an opportunity to curb the power of their economic and military
rivals. Both governments and their peoples believed they were fighting a
justifiable war, and most believed the conflict would be brief.
By Christmas 1914 hopes of a short war had evaporated, particularly
on the Western Front, where lines of opposing trenches faced each other
from the North Sea to Switzerland. Casualties had been enormous and would
continue to grow for the next four years. By the end of the war in 1918
estimates suggest that there were around eight million men wounded.
The armistice in 1918 also signaled the end of the old Europe; the
war had brought about the downfall of three empires: the Austro-Hungarian,
German, and Russian - and saw the emergence of the United States as a
leading international power. However, the peace settlements laid the
foundations for the outbreak of World War II.
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Cambrai - The Right
Hook by Jack Horsfall & Nigel Cave
Cambrai is amongst the best known battle names from the Great War;
it is possibly one of the least visited battlefield sites. This is strange
for a number of reasons. It is hard by the Somme battlefield - about a 20
to 30 minute drive from Bapaume will bring you into the midst of the late
November 1917 battle zone. The cemeteries and villages mark out the
salient points of the fighting.
The Battleground Europe series of guides is designed for both the
battlefield visitor and the armchair traveller. There is extensive
guidance on how to make the most of your battlefield visit. The historical
significance of each site is described in detail with the aid of maps and
photographs.
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Book serial number BBE1.
Price £9.95.
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with 176 pages.
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World War I in Post
Cards by John Laffin
The Great War has been recorded in many ways, but in this book John
Laffin illustrates a very specific one - the extraordinary phenomenon of
the war postcard - reflecting as it does the full range of response to
this most murderous and ghastly war. Sent from the battle front in much
the same way as holiday postcards, thousands of these cards made their way
back and forth between the soldiers and their families. In this book
almost 300 of these postcards are reproduced, together with some of the
poignant messages which their authors wrote from the front. Grouped into
sections - story postcards, military subjects, heroism and agony,
religious themes, humour, verse, postcards of children, 'silks' or
embroidered cards, animals, and field postcards - the cards highlight the
contrasts in individual outlook and between nationalistic tendencies to
understatement, exaggeration or sentimentality.
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Book serial number BW1.
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News from the Front -
War Correspondents on the Western Front 1914-18 by Martin J. Farrar
The reality of what actually happened on the First World War killing
fields at Ypres, the Somme and Passchendaele was not widely known in Britain until long after the war had ended. But when at last the public
learned the full story of how, over four bloody years, swathes of British
soldiers had been mown down and blasted to oblivion to gain just a few
yards of ground on the Western Front, there was a popular outcry. How
could this have happened? Why had the people not been told the truth by
the press? The sanitized image of war soon turned from one of noble
sacrifice to a vision of mindless slaughter as the British public reacted
to the lies created by the wartime propaganda process. Eighty years on, it
is still difficult to believe that people on the Home Front had little
notion of what was actually happening.
At first branded as outlaws by Lord Kitchener and liable to arrest
if found anywhere near the frontline, by 1918 the war correspondents had
become fully integrated into the military system as mouthpieces for the
'official' version of events. Using a wide range of contemporary newspaper
extracts to complement his narrative, Martin Farrar relates their troubled
story and focuses in particular on the work of five men who became
accredited to the British General Headquarters: William Beach Thomas,
Philip Gibbs, Percival Phillips, Perry Robinson and Herbert Russell. Their
actions not only affected the mass media's credibility at the time, but
also raised the possibility that, had the truth been told in the first
place, the war could have been over long before 1918.
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Book serial number BSPL1. Price £10.99. Fully illustrated paperback
with 238 pages.
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The Great War by
John Terraine
From the fatal shots which killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in
Sarajevo on June 28th 1914 to the Armistice at 11 am on the elevnth day of
the eleventh month of 1918, this masterly account traces the progress of
the First World War in fifteen chapters from the pen of the greatest
historian of the conflict.
In this highly readable and wide-ranging history of the Great War,
John Terraine examines it in its entirety, from the Battle of Tannenburg
to Gallipoli, from East Africa to the Western Front. Naval battles and air
power receive their fare share of attention, making this perhaps the best
single-volume history of the first mechanised war of the industrial age
that left at least 12 million dead and twice as many maimed.
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The Thin Yellow
Line by William Moore
The summary execution by firing squad of confused and shell-shocked
British soldiers in the First World War still arouses heated passions over
eighty years later. Calls for posthumous pardons are still made in
Parliament on behalf of these men who were tried by flawed court martials
and shot within hours of the verdict.
William Moore's compassionate account of the dreadful proceedings
that caused 346 men to be executed by their comrades was the first book to
raise this uncomfortable subject. Brilliantly researched against the
wishes of the War Office, it traces the origins of military capital
punishment, placing in context the regulations which led brave men - both
regular soldiers and conscripts - to their lonely deaths at dawn.
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Passchendaele by
Philip Warner
On 31st July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became
the focus for one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battles of
World War I. By the 6th November, when the village of Passchendaele and
its ridge were captured, over half a million British, French, Canadians,
Australians, New Zealanders and Germans had become casualties.
Philip Warners account of the battle has skilfully brought together
all the elements of this horrific campaign - the historical background,
personal accounts, strategies and tactics and the personalities and
political manoeuvres. He investigates the issues that had a crucial effect
on the course of the battle, including the mutinous stale of the French
Army, the bombardment that destroyed the drainage system, Field-Marshal
Haig's determination to continue the assault in spite of the appalling
weather and his stormy relationship with Lloyd George. Above all, it is
the determined fighting ability and bravery of all the Allied soldiers
that dominate this detailed and absorbing account of the battle that came
to exemplify the tragedy of the Great War.
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The Battle of Loos
by Philip Warner
On 25th September 1915, and for a few days afterwards, the small
town of Loos, between Lens and La Basée in Northern France, became the
centre of one of the most intense and bloody battles of the First World
War. The casualties were appalling - about 60,000, most of whom died on
the first day. Although the main objective of a large-scale breakthrough
was not achieved, some 8,000 yards of enemy trench were captured and in
some places the German defences were penetrated by up to two miles. Had
these initial gains been exploited the course of the war might well have
been different.
Philip Warner's narrative is vividly brought to life through the
words of survivors from all parts of the line: the infantry, the gunners,
the officers, and including extracts from the letters and diaries of Sir
John French - if courage and endurance could have won the day, Loos would
have been a resounding success. Through their accounts and diaries of the
time, they reveal one of the most horrific tales of war yet told as well
as the heroism and determination that in the end tipped the scales to
victory.
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Above the Lines
by Norman Franks,
Frank Bailey & Russell Guest
Above the Lines is the 3rd volume in Grub Street's
acclaimed series on aces of WWI which began with Above the Trenches (UK
and Commonwealth Aces) and Over the Front (French and American). The
unprecedented depth of research has created an essential and unique source
of Reference for historians and like its predecessors, Above the Lines now
outlines in exhaustive and comprehensive detail the biographies of the
aces of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine
Corps.
Introductory notes provide, in the majority of
cases, place and date of birth, previous military service, decorations and
post war career. But, again, the most extraordinary achievement of the
authors is in their research into the claims of the pilots, and especially
Manfred von Richthofen. In every case, the biographies include a full list
of all claims made, by date, time and location, together with the type of
aircraft.
There are also over 200 photographs - many of
which are extremely rare and published here for the first time - making
this once more a momentous publication of true historical value.
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To see over 400 Aviation art prints including art
prints of the air battles of the First World War and Second World
War, go to www.aviationartprints.com
Book price £29.95. Book serial number BK4.
Hardback book, 259 pages and 200 photographs.
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Battlebags
British Airships of
the First World War
by Ces Mowthorpe
Affectionately named 'battlebags' by their crews
and 'pigs' by the local civilian inhabitants, Royal Naval Air Service
airships were a familiar sight around Britain's shores during the First
World War. At least 226 airships of all types were built and operated by
the Royal Navy during the war in a bid to beat the deadly German U-boat
menace. The first few hours of the war saw the French-built Astra-Torres
and the German built Parseval patrolling the Thames estuary.
Wartime designs such as the 'SS' class of 1915,
followed by the larger 'Coastals' and later 'Zeros' of 1917, rapidly
expanded the RNAS lighter-than-air Branch. These classes of non-rigid
airships performed a crucial role in anti-submarine patrols of British
coastal waters and in the Mediterranean. The proud boast of the RNAS was
that no ship was ever sunk if it was escorted by an airship.
Battlebags is the first book to record and
describe in detail every single airship built or used by Great Britain
during the First World War. The background to each class is given together
with the details on individual airships, including where they were built
and stationed, their known crews, plus technical information and
particulars of notable flights and total hours flown.
The author, Ces Mowthorpe, also describes the
development of the airship in the years leading up to the First World War
and the part it was destined to play in the years that followed. Lavishly
illustrated with over 150 rare black and white photographs, Battlebags has
taken the author more than thirty years to research and is destined to
become the definitive work on the subject.
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prints of the go to www.first-world-war.com
Book price £25. Serial number BK12. Hardback book, 194 pages, 150 black and white
photographs.
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The
German Army 1914-1918 by D Fosten, R Marrion & G Embleton
Book is packed with black and white photographs and colour illustrations.
Book price £8.99.
Book serial number Osprey MA80.
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The British Army
1914-18 by D Fosten, R Marrion & G Embleton
Book is packed with black and white photographs and colour illustrations.
Book price £8.99. Book serial number
Osprey MA81.
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The French Army
1914-1918 by Ian Sumner & G Embleton
Book is packed with black and white photographs and colour illustrations.
Book price £8.99. Book serial number
Osprey MA286.
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